I'm hoping you will be able to join AK Babers and me at the Golden Corral on 518 (9115 Broadway St, Pearland, TX 77584 if you want to mapquest it, or you cancall them at 281-412-4546) at 6PM Tuesday, March 23, 2010 for a little strategy session on how we can get us elected to the Water District Board. I've reserved the meeting room for us so we can have a quiet place to talk and eat. The buffet is $9.99 and you can just ask where the meeting room is and they'll point it out to you.
So far, here's what we know. The election will be held on Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 7AM-7PM at the home of Cynthia Woolridge, who lives in Morningside - the neighborhood adjacent to Tom Bass Park off Cullen - at 14719 Teck Ct. Early voting is from 9AM-5PM April 26-30 and May 3-4 and election day is Saturday, May 8 from 7AM-7PM.
We will be using voting machines rented from the County. You have to be registered with the address in the neighborhood showing on your registration card. In other words, you can't just be registered to vote in Harris County and still qualify to vote in this particular election. If you need to get registered with your Brunswick address, please let me know. I have the registration form.
The best news? I, Jeraine Root, will appear first on the ballot and AK Babers will be 2nd. We drew for places on the ballot at the lawyer's office where the MUD meetings are held. And everyone will be allowed to vote for two candidates, so we won't run the risk of splitting the vote. So come help us strategize and win some Brunswick representation on the Board!!!
March 19, 2010
March 7, 2010
History of WCID#89
This is the first in a series of postings that I will devote to understanding more about our MUD or Water District and some of the complaints that the "Wick" neighborhoods have expressed regarding their services to our communities. The Wick are the relatively new developments built on the north side of Beltway 8 between Furman St and Cullen Blvd. Brunwick Lakes, Brunswick Meadows, and Brunswick Place make up the Wick. The other two major neighborhoods served by WCID #89 are Morningside Place I and Morningside Place II which are on the south side of Beltway 8, bounded by Cullen Blvd and Fellows Road which runs along Tom Bass Park.
Harris County Water Control & Improvement District #89 (WCID #89) was created March 6, 1964 and was converted to a municipal utility district (MUD) on April 11, 1984 and according to chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code, WCID #89, is empowered to purchase, operate & maintain all facilities necessary to provide water, sanitary sewer service, storm sewer drainage, irrigation, solid waste collection & disposal, including recycling, parks and recreational facilities for the residents of the District. In addition, WCID#89 can contract for or employ its own peace officers with power to make arrests and to establish, operate and maintain a fire department to perform all fire-fighting activities within the District. On April 4, 2000 WCID #89 entered into a water supply agreement with the City of Houston, which has supplemented the District's water supply from wells.
WCID #89 is governed by 5 Board members who serve 4 year terms of office. Until April 2009 these positions were held by Sharyn Smalls (President) Arthur G. Washington (VP) Victoria Lastee (Secretary) Danny Perkins (Director) and Claudell Bradby (Director). It was discovered that Claudell Bradby was not qualified to sit on the Board because she had not maintained a residence within the District since 2007. She was replaced by Byron Keith Watson, Sr. - appointed to office by the Board.
Interesting isn't it that there was no attempt by the current Board to include a representative from the Wick when given the opportunity to appoint a new Board member? Especially since many Wick residents had attended meetings and voiced their concerns with various issues related to the District. AK Babers, who resides in Brunswick Meadows, had a personal meeting with Sharyn Smalls back in 2008. During that meeting, he expressed an interest in serving on the Board. He was told at that time by President Smalls that there was no need for him to serve because she was content with the current makeup of the Board, including the unqualified Director presumably.
Elections are held whenever an incumbent has a challenger petition to be on the ballot. No elections have been held for any Board position since the Wick neighborhoods came into existence; therefore, all Board members are from Morningside. That has now changed. There will be an election held (exact date, time, and place to be determined and will be announced on this blog) for 2 of the 5 positions because AK Babers and I (Dr. Jeraine Root) have requested to be on the ballot. We will be vying for the 2 positions currently held by Victoria Lastee and Danny Perkins. The candidates who receive the most votes will win the positions - there is no runoff.
Next posting will be about finances of the District.
Harris County Water Control & Improvement District #89 (WCID #89) was created March 6, 1964 and was converted to a municipal utility district (MUD) on April 11, 1984 and according to chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code, WCID #89, is empowered to purchase, operate & maintain all facilities necessary to provide water, sanitary sewer service, storm sewer drainage, irrigation, solid waste collection & disposal, including recycling, parks and recreational facilities for the residents of the District. In addition, WCID#89 can contract for or employ its own peace officers with power to make arrests and to establish, operate and maintain a fire department to perform all fire-fighting activities within the District. On April 4, 2000 WCID #89 entered into a water supply agreement with the City of Houston, which has supplemented the District's water supply from wells.
WCID #89 is governed by 5 Board members who serve 4 year terms of office. Until April 2009 these positions were held by Sharyn Smalls (President) Arthur G. Washington (VP) Victoria Lastee (Secretary) Danny Perkins (Director) and Claudell Bradby (Director). It was discovered that Claudell Bradby was not qualified to sit on the Board because she had not maintained a residence within the District since 2007. She was replaced by Byron Keith Watson, Sr. - appointed to office by the Board.
Interesting isn't it that there was no attempt by the current Board to include a representative from the Wick when given the opportunity to appoint a new Board member? Especially since many Wick residents had attended meetings and voiced their concerns with various issues related to the District. AK Babers, who resides in Brunswick Meadows, had a personal meeting with Sharyn Smalls back in 2008. During that meeting, he expressed an interest in serving on the Board. He was told at that time by President Smalls that there was no need for him to serve because she was content with the current makeup of the Board, including the unqualified Director presumably.
Elections are held whenever an incumbent has a challenger petition to be on the ballot. No elections have been held for any Board position since the Wick neighborhoods came into existence; therefore, all Board members are from Morningside. That has now changed. There will be an election held (exact date, time, and place to be determined and will be announced on this blog) for 2 of the 5 positions because AK Babers and I (Dr. Jeraine Root) have requested to be on the ballot. We will be vying for the 2 positions currently held by Victoria Lastee and Danny Perkins. The candidates who receive the most votes will win the positions - there is no runoff.
Next posting will be about finances of the District.
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